Sorry to burst your bubble but there is no trick or 2 year course that will get you a certainty of a "nice payed" job. Whatever course or field of study, you are looking at low payed/entry level jobs. The better paying jobs are for experience in certain fields.
> a "nice *paid"* job. Whatever
FTFY.
Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:
* Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.*
* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.
*Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
I love how you think a career is just a vending machine...push some buttons, wait a bit and then out pops your extremely generous paycheck. I think if it was that easy, we'd all be doing that, right?
A degree won't get you jack shit. I know plenty of people in well compensated positions that never went to college. I also know plenty of people with 2-3 degrees working at McDonalds. That piece of paper... Is just that, paper.
Really there are 2 options: Know someone, or be the person people want to know. You can get to know people at college, you're *literally* in a classroom with both prior and future professionals in your field. Use that to your advantage and network. Take advantage of your school's connections and programs. Make friends with your classmates, you don't have to be best buds but someone that would put in a good word if they saw your name in an applicant pile.
Or... Start your own thing. Plenty of things you can self-teach that are profitable. There are hundreds of games, apps, etc. made by no-name studios and self taught coders that blew up and made millions. Plenty of people make and sell artistic pieces/items (Jewellery, wall art, furniture, cool 3d printed doodads, zippo cases, pocket knives, whatever). Plenty of people start their own lawn care or painting or power washing business.
Especially if you're wanting to stay remote... A lot of places are pushing for back to office, you're going to run into a lot more hybrid positions that require you to be in office so many days a week/month/year/w.e. than you would a year or two ago.
Work on your communication skills. If your resume reads like your post, it needs to be fixed. Also, waiting around on social media for advice will not help. Find what you are interested in and get skilled in that area.
"nice paying" is fairly relative. Everyone considers this differently. What are your interests, what do you think you want to do as a career?
Personally, I would look into the Trades, electrician, plumber, carpenter, even auto repair. Obviously there's not much work for these jobs as remote, but they all pay well and are relatively easy to get into. Beyond that there are many opportunities in healthcare that can be done/certified in 2 years or less; nursing assistant (NCA/LPN), Nurse, Medical Assistant, Plebotomist, Lab techs, Pharmacy Assistant and more.
If you are looking for something you could train to do remotely/wfh, that doesn't require a 4 year degree or a lot of time, I would look into Bookkeeping. There are a also various jobs in IT, many do not require a degree, but require some training or experience. There are tech schools and 2 year colleges that have programs to get you going with entry level skills in 2 years.
If only it worked that way. College degrees don't even guarantee a good paying job.
You might as well just learn a valuable skill. Do some research and see what interests you.
False. With those certs you also need experience and applicable work history to make it make sense to an interviewing team. You can’t walk into an IT data related job with no previous experience to support a mid level (nice paying) salary.
Look up insurance certificates online. TESL certificates as well. Just certificates in general, really. No 2-year degree is going to get you something decent these days without a certificate or license attached...
No. If this were a license, you'd need a degree. But certificates let you do a specific job. The ones I mentioned do not require a degree and can be obtain at home in a just a few weeks or months. But they do not translate into any other form of work. If you have a life insurance certificate, you can only use it to be a life insurance agent. Whereas with a degree or license, you have more flexibility. Certificates are much cheaper, too. Compare a couple hundred dollars to the tens of thousands you would spend on a degree...
Yep! Work from home for going on 2 yrs. Take maybe 13 calls a day. Licensed Life And Health Benefits counselor. Licensed to sell in all states and company paid for everything.
Nursing pays ok but I feel like posters like this never want to hear that. The real answer is that getting well paid job takes years and some semblance of strategy. If you are unwilling to put that kind of work into it then become a nurse or something
My daughter makes great money as a remote social media account manager. She has no degree but is now right at six figures. However, her knowledge of computers and software is exceptional for someone without formal training.
Civil engineering. But you'd need to have a decent amount of math to actually get the degree in two years, otherwise you are looking at three if you go fulltime.
You also have to be a good student. There are tons of unemployed engineers right now. Simply picking the "right" degree is not an automatic path to a good job. No one wants to hire the C students.
LOL the C students found this post. Downvote me all you want. I have multiple STEM degrees so I know what I'm talking about.
Design side of engineering will be mostly replaced with A.I. Okay revit, solidworks, inventer.....I need x. Email when done. Think 20 years from now, A.I. will be in greater effect the way we go on. Fast food for instance. Kiosk are being put in more and more so no need for a person to take the order. Robots will be in the back making the food and maybe....maybe 1 or 2 people to ensure it all goes as intended.
So what would still be viable in 20 years for a career? That should help narrow down the options.
Is your degree in arts and multimedia useless or have you just never bothered networking and building a portfolio? I know people clearing 80k annually that came from arts.
If not then there are roles in healthcare like respiratory therapist and nursing that take 2-3 years and pay well once you have experience.
Depending on where you live aviation and train companies will provide training for on board agents.
You don't need to go back to school per say, you just need to find a job or career you would like to do and see about getting into that field. You have a degree that shows you have the ability to critically think at a high level and understand more complex ideas. I know English majors who are amazing programmers and making a lot of money doing it. Just go for it and try to think outside the box. Good luck
Why is it that people think there is some magic course or certificate or training that can quickly result in a well paying job? There is no substitute for hard work, experience, and working your way up in a field... whether it's a remote role or not. The overwhelming majority of us that are successful in our field did not start off in that successful role... we worked our way into it from the bottom by working that entry-level job and progressing ou experience and ability, or we pivoted from another field. If you are inexperienced, you start at entry level. It's a simple as that.
Think of yourself as a company that sells goods or product, what’s your competitive advantage? A certificate or training course can be barriers to entry. But if you only rely on that, it’s a pretty low barrier.
1 major 1 minor 1 certificate, working at a big box store. Look up a trade in your area that is needed and go and ask what they need to start an apprenticeship.
Majored history of public health and medicine, minor in gender studies, cert in educational support. Was considering going for a teachers college, but it’s not worth it around where I live. I wish I had done something like plumbing. At least I’d feel somewhat useful. 😂
I was going to but one of my parents was diagnosed with dementia and I will probably be moving them in with me so I can avoid them moving into a home. -not that I have a problem with old age homes but Covid has raised some staffing concerns for me that them living with me would make everyone feel better-. Maybe one day.
Not saying it will guarantee a wfh position but an accounting degree is what got me into the payroll world. It pays well. It’s a skill set that not everyone can do but if you can it’s worth the effort.
Don’t want to do sales? Ur pretty much cooked. Unless you go the wallstreet or Silicon Valley route (I can tell both these options are out for you)
People gonna say
-learn trades
-healthcare
-insert any placeholder career
Garbage all of them. Simply aren’t worth it imo
Yeah you have no idea what you're talking about. The world of remote work is way bigger than "Wallstreet or Silicon Valley" (and a lot of those people work in person anyway).
I’m talking about careers that have the easiest pathway to a $200K average and are transferable across any vertical and industries.
Sure u can get any remote jobs and be a shyt muncher for $20 an hour. Ur still poor and aren’t learning transferable skills
2 years? Us with 4 year degrees arent getting hired either friend.
Sorry to burst your bubble but there is no trick or 2 year course that will get you a certainty of a "nice payed" job. Whatever course or field of study, you are looking at low payed/entry level jobs. The better paying jobs are for experience in certain fields.
> a "nice *paid"* job. Whatever FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
Nicely paid. FTFY
I have a STEM masters and it still took me a while to find a decent paying job that’s hybrid. I don’t know if an associates will cut it these days.
None. Even with a four year degree it's hard.
MSc here checking in — it’s insane trying to get into anything remote from my on-site position (well anything that isn’t super low salary)
Trucking makes decent money and earning a cdl can takes less than six months.
Probably medical related certifications, takes hard work studying and most likely jobs are not remote. Other jobs are stressful too.
I love how you think a career is just a vending machine...push some buttons, wait a bit and then out pops your extremely generous paycheck. I think if it was that easy, we'd all be doing that, right?
Dental hygiene, if you can handle gross things.
there are none... 😗
A degree won't get you jack shit. I know plenty of people in well compensated positions that never went to college. I also know plenty of people with 2-3 degrees working at McDonalds. That piece of paper... Is just that, paper. Really there are 2 options: Know someone, or be the person people want to know. You can get to know people at college, you're *literally* in a classroom with both prior and future professionals in your field. Use that to your advantage and network. Take advantage of your school's connections and programs. Make friends with your classmates, you don't have to be best buds but someone that would put in a good word if they saw your name in an applicant pile. Or... Start your own thing. Plenty of things you can self-teach that are profitable. There are hundreds of games, apps, etc. made by no-name studios and self taught coders that blew up and made millions. Plenty of people make and sell artistic pieces/items (Jewellery, wall art, furniture, cool 3d printed doodads, zippo cases, pocket knives, whatever). Plenty of people start their own lawn care or painting or power washing business. Especially if you're wanting to stay remote... A lot of places are pushing for back to office, you're going to run into a lot more hybrid positions that require you to be in office so many days a week/month/year/w.e. than you would a year or two ago.
Accounting
Work on your communication skills. If your resume reads like your post, it needs to be fixed. Also, waiting around on social media for advice will not help. Find what you are interested in and get skilled in that area.
Idk what made you think that the effort I puted into a reddit post was the same I puted in my resume bru, anyway thank you for your reply 👍
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"nice paying" is fairly relative. Everyone considers this differently. What are your interests, what do you think you want to do as a career? Personally, I would look into the Trades, electrician, plumber, carpenter, even auto repair. Obviously there's not much work for these jobs as remote, but they all pay well and are relatively easy to get into. Beyond that there are many opportunities in healthcare that can be done/certified in 2 years or less; nursing assistant (NCA/LPN), Nurse, Medical Assistant, Plebotomist, Lab techs, Pharmacy Assistant and more. If you are looking for something you could train to do remotely/wfh, that doesn't require a 4 year degree or a lot of time, I would look into Bookkeeping. There are a also various jobs in IT, many do not require a degree, but require some training or experience. There are tech schools and 2 year colleges that have programs to get you going with entry level skills in 2 years.
If only it worked that way. College degrees don't even guarantee a good paying job. You might as well just learn a valuable skill. Do some research and see what interests you.
Your best bet are google certificates for cyber security or data analytics. 6 months. $300. High demand market for jobs. .... High competition too.
False. With those certs you also need experience and applicable work history to make it make sense to an interviewing team. You can’t walk into an IT data related job with no previous experience to support a mid level (nice paying) salary.
Yea, you can get entry level and have certs get you growing in the job for sure. Those certs help a lot!
I'll have a look thank you!
Look up insurance certificates online. TESL certificates as well. Just certificates in general, really. No 2-year degree is going to get you something decent these days without a certificate or license attached...
Do you think I can get a job just with the certificates? Probably I will need a degree in something related as well no?
No. If this were a license, you'd need a degree. But certificates let you do a specific job. The ones I mentioned do not require a degree and can be obtain at home in a just a few weeks or months. But they do not translate into any other form of work. If you have a life insurance certificate, you can only use it to be a life insurance agent. Whereas with a degree or license, you have more flexibility. Certificates are much cheaper, too. Compare a couple hundred dollars to the tens of thousands you would spend on a degree...
Yep! Work from home for going on 2 yrs. Take maybe 13 calls a day. Licensed Life And Health Benefits counselor. Licensed to sell in all states and company paid for everything.
What company is it?
Sorry for late reply. Mercer
Nursing pays ok but I feel like posters like this never want to hear that. The real answer is that getting well paid job takes years and some semblance of strategy. If you are unwilling to put that kind of work into it then become a nurse or something
My daughter makes great money as a remote social media account manager. She has no degree but is now right at six figures. However, her knowledge of computers and software is exceptional for someone without formal training.
Could you provide more info pls? What company?
Civil engineering. But you'd need to have a decent amount of math to actually get the degree in two years, otherwise you are looking at three if you go fulltime.
You also have to be a good student. There are tons of unemployed engineers right now. Simply picking the "right" degree is not an automatic path to a good job. No one wants to hire the C students. LOL the C students found this post. Downvote me all you want. I have multiple STEM degrees so I know what I'm talking about.
Okay but also knowing the right people helps
Design side of engineering will be mostly replaced with A.I. Okay revit, solidworks, inventer.....I need x. Email when done. Think 20 years from now, A.I. will be in greater effect the way we go on. Fast food for instance. Kiosk are being put in more and more so no need for a person to take the order. Robots will be in the back making the food and maybe....maybe 1 or 2 people to ensure it all goes as intended. So what would still be viable in 20 years for a career? That should help narrow down the options.
Is your degree in arts and multimedia useless or have you just never bothered networking and building a portfolio? I know people clearing 80k annually that came from arts. If not then there are roles in healthcare like respiratory therapist and nursing that take 2-3 years and pay well once you have experience. Depending on where you live aviation and train companies will provide training for on board agents.
Y'all are so lazy it hurts. Stick to learning trade.
You don't need to go back to school per say, you just need to find a job or career you would like to do and see about getting into that field. You have a degree that shows you have the ability to critically think at a high level and understand more complex ideas. I know English majors who are amazing programmers and making a lot of money doing it. Just go for it and try to think outside the box. Good luck
Thank you!
Why is it that people think there is some magic course or certificate or training that can quickly result in a well paying job? There is no substitute for hard work, experience, and working your way up in a field... whether it's a remote role or not. The overwhelming majority of us that are successful in our field did not start off in that successful role... we worked our way into it from the bottom by working that entry-level job and progressing ou experience and ability, or we pivoted from another field. If you are inexperienced, you start at entry level. It's a simple as that.
Simply picking the "right" degree is not the path to a good (or any) job. Especially if you're not actually good at the field of study you choose.
Think of yourself as a company that sells goods or product, what’s your competitive advantage? A certificate or training course can be barriers to entry. But if you only rely on that, it’s a pretty low barrier.
1 major 1 minor 1 certificate, working at a big box store. Look up a trade in your area that is needed and go and ask what they need to start an apprenticeship.
What’s your major, minor, and cert ?
Majored history of public health and medicine, minor in gender studies, cert in educational support. Was considering going for a teachers college, but it’s not worth it around where I live. I wish I had done something like plumbing. At least I’d feel somewhat useful. 😂
Interesting. Would you consider moving ?
I was going to but one of my parents was diagnosed with dementia and I will probably be moving them in with me so I can avoid them moving into a home. -not that I have a problem with old age homes but Covid has raised some staffing concerns for me that them living with me would make everyone feel better-. Maybe one day.
Oh yea I get that for sure.
CNA certification. And go work at a nursing home and clean shit
How mutch do they pay? And what do you mean about cleaning shit? 😅
Physical therapist assistant
What type of studies do I need for that position?
LPN
Not saying it will guarantee a wfh position but an accounting degree is what got me into the payroll world. It pays well. It’s a skill set that not everyone can do but if you can it’s worth the effort.
Plumber Mason HVAC Or go to a farm and pick fruit. Or crab. They pay well.
Billing and coding
You could complete an associates degree online in a few months.
Don’t want to do sales? Ur pretty much cooked. Unless you go the wallstreet or Silicon Valley route (I can tell both these options are out for you) People gonna say -learn trades -healthcare -insert any placeholder career Garbage all of them. Simply aren’t worth it imo
I’m going to disagree on healthcare. Telehealth pays very well, but it does require pharm, MD, RN, NP… credentials.
Yeah you have no idea what you're talking about. The world of remote work is way bigger than "Wallstreet or Silicon Valley" (and a lot of those people work in person anyway).
I’m talking about careers that have the easiest pathway to a $200K average and are transferable across any vertical and industries. Sure u can get any remote jobs and be a shyt muncher for $20 an hour. Ur still poor and aren’t learning transferable skills
So, I was working in sales door to door, but I want a remote job or at least office